First of all, the Board of Pharmacy created this crisis, make no mistake. I find it strange to see them suddenly backtracking on staffing requirements, since over the years they have repeatedly allowed staffing cuts. It's all about corporate profits, not public safety, and suddenly a survey of those most affected, the pharmacists, has bought light to a terrible problem. Pharmacists both hate and fear the Board of Pharmacy, and will not communicate with it any longer. Any Rx errors are hidden by corporations, with no reporting to the Board required. Pharmacists are continually forced to add money making functions for corporate profit, immunizations, cholesterol and blood pressure testing, as well as speaking to every customer about a new Rx, rather they have had the same Rx for years. They have to answer for every C-II drug pill, or any narcotic dispensed, and answer for any potential drug interaction. They now may have 10 techs force feeding them work to approve. The workload is insane. To question it means they lose their job. The suicide rate is the highest in the nation. The Board is to blame, they rule by fear and if someone has a problem they are simply allowed to reject a Senior Judges ruling, rewrite the ruling, and do as they want, without recourse. It ruined my life, and others as well. It's time to restrict their power, make them responsible for human rights violations which should be protected by the Constitution and be realistic and lawful, and protect both the public, and those great pharmacists that serve them. The Board is not that today, and that is sad, but the Governor can remedy that, and it's time to act.
